Published: August 25, 2015
FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE YOUNG CHILD FROM BROOKLYN HOUSE FIRE
 Lt. Victor Milukas and members of Engine 309 and Ladder 159
On Monday, August 24, FDNY Lieutenant Victor Milukas of Ladder Company 159 rescued a child from an early-morning fire in Brooklyn.
Just after 1 a.m., FDNY received numerous calls for a house on fire on Avenue P in Brooklyn. Minutes later Firefighters arrived to find neighbors on the block reporting that a child was trapped inside.
“All lives are precious, but to be searching for a child that’s missing, your adrenaline gets pumping quickly,” said Lt. Milukas.
Firefighters immediately entered the home to search for anyone trapped inside. Lt. Milukas headed to the second floor where he searched multiple smoke-filled bedrooms. When he found one bedroom fully engulfed in flames, he called for additional Firefighters to bring water to the fire and then he proceeded to perform a search of the room. In zero visibility, Lt. Milukas found bunk beds, indicating that this was the child’s room. Knowing that the child was likely sleeping in the bed at that time of day he continued searching until he found an unconscious two-year-old boy.
Lt Milukas quickly removed the young boy and alerted other Firefighters by radio stating, “I have a baby and I’m coming down!”
Once outside, Firefighters from Engine Company 323 and EMTs continued care of the child and transported him to the hospital.
This is the second rescue of Lt Milukas’s career - he had previously rescued an adult from a fire in Queens when he was a member of Ladder Company 142.
Fire Marshals determined the fire was an accidental electrical fire caused by an air conditioner plugged into an extension cord, which was then run underneath a carpet.
According to Lieutenant Anthony Mancuso, Director of the FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit, “air conditioners and any appliance or piece of equipment that produces heat or cold air, like an air conditioner or a refrigerator, needs to be plugged directly into the outlet.” Lt. Mancuso added that, “extension cords should never be placed under a rug or allowed to be pinched between furniture or walls.”
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